CREtech Affordable Housing Briefs April 13, 2023 - Blokable bags funds; parking lots are being turned into housing, & more

Dominium to Build $80M Affordable Housing Community Near Dallas

Dominium plans to develop Matlock Flats, a 192-unit affordable multifamily community in Arlington, Texas, in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. WD Construction, a joint venture between Weis Builders and Dominium’s construction branch, will serve as general contractor. Read more

San Antonio to make $43 million investment in housing for homeless

Through a combination of municipal bond and federal funding, San Antonio and Bexar County are slated to allocate nearly $43 million toward housing for chronically homeless individuals. Read more

Blokable closes $5.5M in financing led by Cercano Management and Kapor Capital

Blokable has closed $5.5 million in additional funding led by existing investors Cercano Management (previously Vulcan Capital) and Kapor Capital. Read more

Chicago Architectural Competition Addresses “Missing Middle Density” Infill Housing

Chicago’s South and West Sides have suffered more than a half century of population outflow and disinvestment. The city’s ambitious community development initiative, “INVEST South/West,” was launched to turn around those long-term trends. Read more

Inspired by Filipino Design, an Apartment Building Looks Homeward

Modular construction and a tight budget didn’t prevent San Francisco architects from giving this affordable housing project an exuberant look, inside and out. Read more

How parking lots across the U.S. are being turned into housing

Right now, there are probably between 700 million and 2 billion parking places in the U.S. But the sea of American parking lots is slowly shrinking. Read more

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Stephanie Hyde, Chief Executive UK, JLL and Raj Singh, Managing Partner, JLL Spark, Set To Join CREtech London Main Stage

CREtech announced today that Stephanie Hyde, Chief Executive UK, JLL, and Raj Singh, Managing Partner, JLL Spark, will join the Main Stage speaker lineup for the Built World’s largest innovation and sustainability conference series, CREtech London, this 10th-11th May. Read more

CREtech Announce Second Annual CREtech Climate Global Leadership Summit to Take Place in Stockholm on October 23-25

CREtech has announced its CREtech Climate Global Leadership Summit will take place in Stockholm on October 23-25, 2023, to address the most urgent global climate issues impacting the real estate sector. Attendance will be extremely limited and anyone interested in attending is encouraged to register their interest here to be the first to know when registration opens. Read more